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In the case of the mind and heart poems, we find that as the poet accumulates
more individual poems on this theme, so the two words gather meaning and
resonance, an ongoing conversation is heard in which the separate voices
of the poems reflect and comment upon each other. The characteristic stamp
of these poems is their message of the necessity for the mind's transformation
in order that the illumination of the heart may be brought to the fore

MY MIND'S GAME

My mind's game 
Has imprisoned me,
My entire life.
My heart's flame
Is liberating me,
My all

WHAT YOU NEED

What You need
Is a flower-like heart; And
A child-like prayer
To free yourself
From the narrow path
Of your blighting and blighted mind.

WE LOVE OUR DOUBTFUL MINDS

We love our doubtful minds
Infinitely more
Than we care to cure them
With our faithful, soulful
And powerful hearts;(no. 1198)